Reporter Michael Hastings dies at 33; his story led Gen. McChrystal to resign - latimes

Michael Hastings, an aggressive and iconoclastic journalist whose reporting exposed the vagaries of the war in Iraq and helped bring down the top U.S. general in Afghanistan, died early Tuesday in a car crash in Los Angeles, according to two of his employers. He was 33. -  Michael Hastings dies at 33; his article led general to resign

Coroner has not determined if crash victim is Michael Hastings